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released in 1983. The film is based on a thriller cum courtroom drama novel by the Narayan Sanyal with the same title, which was published in 1975. Sanyal took this novel theme from ''Seven Minutes'' by

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. This film directed by Uma Nath Bhattacharya.

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and

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sang in this film.

Plot

The movie is based on a court trial of the case of a Bengali novel which is accused of obscenity. Young advocate Bhaskar defended the case arguing that this novel is not obscene or vulgar at all. Finally is found that a retired judge had written the novel when young and the story of it, was based on his personal experience.

Starring

* Chiranjeet Chakraborty as Bhaskar *

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* Dilip Roy *

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* Satya Banerjee * Sanghmitra Banerjee * Santana Basu

References

External links

* 1983 films Bengali-language Indian films 1983 drama films 1980s Bengali-language films Indian drama films Films based on works by Narayan Sanyal Indian courtroom films {{1980s-Bengali-film-stub